I use to be a analog guy but lately every piece of gear I have purchased has options for digital outs:

MPC4000
2 CPU's with a 24/96 soundcard and the other emu1212m, one for tracking audio and the other I use for software synths,
2 pod xt pros (bass and guitar)

I have downsized a lot and am very happy with my setup at the moment!]

I feel like the weakest link is the rolls line mixer I'm using to connect everthing...I want to swap out the 24/96 card for either a lynx2 or Rme but until I do that I came across the roland M1000 digital mixer and was thinking about going in this direction and connecting everything up spdif. any suggestions?